In this week’s episode of Your Health Matters, I share about the importance of getting a coach. Any Information you need is readily available on the internet. However, what you find on the internet may not be helpful to you or may just be blatantly wrong. And if you aren’t an expert in that field, it may be really difficult to determine what information may work for your circumstances. Tune in to determine if you need a coach at this stage in your life.

In this episode we discuss: 

[0:45] Misinformation on the internet 

[1:11] My Experience with being coached 

[4:26] Getting a coach when you are a beginner 

[5:13] Getting a coach when you hit a plateau 

[6:10] Getting a coach when you are struggling to be consistent 

[7:20] Getting a coach when something doesn't feel right in your body 

[8:40] Getting a coach when you have not done it in a while 

[10:52] The importance of finding a coach who will fit you at this moment

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Back pain is one of the most common complaints that people have in America. And, there are so many myths out there around back pain. In this episode, Dr. Jackie Fenton debunks six different myths around what causes back pain and best treatments for it. 

 

In this podcast, Dr. Jackie Fenton shares her experience about how her views have shifted on back pain over the years based on changes in evidence and clinical experience. 

 

In this episode we discuss: 

 

[0:48] Research on back pain  

[2:10] Myth 1: Having A Weak Core Causes You To Have A Back Pain  

[4:09] Myth 2: You Need An MRI To Determine Why You Have Back Pain 

[5:53] Myth 3: I Have Back Pain Because My Spine Is Out Of Alignment  

[7:01] Myth 4: Degeneration Of Your Spine Causes Back Pain 

[8:10] Myth 5: Poor Posture 

[9:10] Myth 6: When You Have Back Pain, You Need To Rest And Not Move 

[11:29] Be open to changes brought about by research 

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Sometimes we forget to rest because we feel like we can still do activities or movements just because we do not feel beat. However, resting is important because if you do not rest, it could lead to things like letting our body be on the fight or flight mode, which increases the cortisol levels in our body, or suffering from a brain fog or be less productive, or letting our muscles not fully recover and be restored. 

 

In this podcast, I will give you an idea of the things I do when I need to rest. I keep a list of activities related to resting so I can choose what is the best option for when I need to rest from the different activities I did, either mentally or physically. 

 

In this episode we discuss: 

[0:25] The strenuous activities I recently did 

[1:05] Why Rest is important 

[1:20] Sympathetic Nervous System 

[2:35] Brain Fog 

[3:00] The most important time to prioritize rest

[4:35] Introduction to Activities for Resting 

[5:01] List of activities 

[5:20] Importance of the list of activities 

[9:50] American culture affecting rest

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Returning to movement after a long break (maybe because of the pandemic) or an injury may be difficult and it is possible. Three things that are important to returning after a break from your activities go slow, make a plan, and get someone to hold you accountable and help you through your return to movement. 

 

In this podcast, Dr. Jackie Fenton will share about her experience about getting back to the tennis court after pregnancy and a c-section. She will also explain how you can effectively return to movement.  

 

In this episode we discuss: 

[1:02] All or Nothing Mindset  

[1:35] Things to consider when getting back into the activities you enjoy doing   

[2:35] Accepting how your body 

[4:10] Returning slowly  

[4:25] Own experience of having some time off from tennis  

[7:15] Having a plan 

[7:50] Getting someone to hold you accountable 

[9:00] Taking care of your body 

 

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Lateral ankle sprain is one of the most common injuries one can suffer from. However, a lot of people who get sprains tend to nurse the swelling, take a lot of pain medications, and not move at all. These are the actions that you should stay away from. 

 

In this podcast, I will share my experience regarding a lateral ankle sprain and how I recovered quickly from it. I will also tell you how movement can actually help you a lot post spraining your ankle. 

 

In this episode we discuss: 

[0:20] Lateral Ankle Sprain 

[0:30] How people get nervous about movement when they have ankle sprains 

[0:45] What an Ankle Sprain is in relation to a ligament

[1:55] First experience with an ankle sprain

[4:45] Tips on the things you need to do when you sprain your ankle

[5:00] All swelling is not bad 

[5:40] Why you need to keep the load while walking normally despite having a sprained ankle 

[6:50] Working on your balance  

[7:05] Proprioception 

[7:45] Strengthening your Muscles to pick up the slack for the stretched out ligament 

[8:00] Get back to your activities as soon as possible 

[8:15] How your muscles get smaller  

[8:45] How your small muscles affect the possibility of a re-injury

[9:00] The likelihood of suffering from another ankle sprains 

[9:15] Getting medical help or assistance from experts  

[9:35] Sign of a possible break 

[9:55] Physical therapy helping with the healing  

 

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As discussed in this podcast, there is a common misconception about it not being possible to be flexible, mobile and strong. However, you can work on improving all of these so you can be a better and healthier version of yourself.

 

In this episode I discuss:

[0:50] Flexibility

[1:08] Mobility

[1:20] Hypermobility

[1:27] Hypomobility

[2:05] Strength

[2:30] Misconception on having flexibility, mobility, and strength

[3:00] How body types affect flexibility, mobility, and strength

[4:30] Hypermobility and Yoga

[5:05] Working on Strength in Yoga

[6:40] Stretching out your ligaments

[7:00] Stretching out your muscles

[7:15] Dislocation due to stretched out ligaments

[8:05] Activating your muscles to have strength

[8:40] Yoga gives you a balance in flexibility, mobility, and strength

[9:45] Importance of having flexibility, mobility, and strength

 

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Many of Dr. Jackie Fenton's patients and yoga students have had concerns about disc herniation. Particularly, in their low back. In this episode, she covers what a disc herniation is and why it might not be as scary as you think. Tune it to get rid of your fear around disc herniations!

In this week's episode, Dr. Jackie Fenton discusses how your sleep matters in the healing process. She reviews how to get a good night's sleep and busts the myth that there is a perfect way to sleep at night. Guess what, you move all the time at night, so once you fall asleep that "perfect" set up is gone once you are out. Tune in to get a better night's sleep!

This work on Your Health Matters, Dr. Jackie Fenton explores if self massage works or not. And even more than that, what to do for those muscles that just constantly feel like they need to be pressed on. Listen in to help decrease your pain in that schneck area ;)

If the title of this episode, Your Posture Doesn't Matter, triggers you a little bit....good :) Dr. Jackie Fenton talks about why your posture doesn't matter as much as you think it does. Many research studies have shown that your posture itself doesn't cause pain. There are many factors for pain, and posture isn't one of them. However, that doesn't mean stop moving, it just means put a little less emphasis on trying to achieve "perfect" posture. Because really, what is perfect posture anyways?